2011 DODGE CHALLENGER Complaints

ALTERNATOR DIED SUDDENLY OUT OF THE BLUE WHILE DRIVING. A LOUD WHISTLING NOISE STARTED COMING OUT OF THE HOOD WHICH GOT PROGRESSIVELY WORSE, AND THEN THE ENGINE LIGHT STARTED FLASHING. ONLINE THERE ARE REPORTS OF MANY ALTERNATORS DYING PREMATURELY IN THIS MODEL OF DODGE CHALLENGER.

DODGE CHALLENGER RT ALTERNATOR DRAINED BATTERY UNTIL THE CAR SHUT DOWN WHILE I WAS IN MOTION. LOST ALL POWER BRAKES AND POWER STEERING.

MY TANK HAS TO BE LEAKING BECAUSE I REMOVED MY BACK SEAT AND FOUND GAS. RECENTLY TOOK IT TO THE DEALERSHIP BECAUSE OF A CHL AND THE GAS SMELL AND THEY CLAIM THEY COULD NOT FIND THE LOCATION OF THE GAS SMELL. THEY TOLD ME I MAY NEED TO REPLACE THE CANISTER IN WHICH THEY WOULD GLADLY DO FOR $$$$. I DID SOME RESEARCH ONLINE AND THE GAS WAS UNDER MY SEAT. I'M AFRAID FOR MY WIFE AND SON .

I WAS DRIVING MY VEHICLE AND WAS WAITING TO MAKE A LEFT TURN AT THE INTERSECTION. MY BATTERY APPEARED TO BE LOSING POWER AND I LOST MY POWER STEERING. I BELIEVE THE ALTERNATOR WENT BAD WHICH LED TO THE BATTERY DYING WHILE DRIVING, CAUSING ME TO LOSE POWER. THIS WAS DANGEROUS AS I COULD HAVE LOST POWER AND MAY HAVE CAUSED AN ACCIDENT. I WILL BE TAKING IT TO A MECHANIC TO GET THE ALTERNATOR REPLACED. I SEE DODGE HAS SOME RECALLS ON ALTERNATORS BUT NOT SURE IF IT APPLIES TO MY VEHICLE

WHILE DRIVING MY CAR IT WOULD LOSE POWER. I COULD NOT ACCELERATE. I CAN NOT ALWAYS RESTART IT RIGHT AWAY. IT GOT TO THE POINT I WAS UNABLE TO RESTART IT AND IT HAD TO BE TOWED

WHILE ON A TRIP FOUR HOURS FROM HOME THE CAR WENT COMPLETELY DEAD HAD TO BE TOWED WE HAD TO RENT A TRUCK TO RETURN HOME NO CAR RENTALS OPEN ON SUNDAY I KNOW HAVE TO RENT A CAR TAKE FOUR HOUR TRIP BACK TO GET MY CAR I WAS TOLD I SHOULD HAVE BEEN INFORMED THAT ALTERNATOR WAS RECALLED ON MY VEHICLE AND I WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF ANY RECALL ON THE VEHICLE. THIS HAS KNOW COST ME OVER SIX HUNDRED DOLLARS BETWEEN VEHICLE RENTALS, TOLLS AND GAS DO I HAVE ANY RECOURSE BEING I WAS NEVER NOTIFIED OF A RECALL

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2011 DODGE CHALLENGER. AFTER THE VEHICLE WAS SERVICED UNDER NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 14V634000 (ELECTRICAL SYSTEM), THE AUTO START BECAME INOPERABLE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC, WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT AN UNKNOWN COMPUTER MODULE RELATED TO THE AUTO START NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 53,000.

NHTSA RECALL NUMBER 13V-118, RECALL DATE 4/17/2013, MANUFACTURER RECALL NUMBER N07. THE FRONT SEAT AIRBAG WIRING ELECTRICAL CONNECTORS MAY HAVE AN INTERMITTENT ELECTRICAL CONNECTION. IF AN INTERMITTENT ELECTRICAL CONNECTION EXISTS DURING A SIDE IMPACT THE FRONT SEAT AIRBAG LOCATED AT THE OUTBOARD SIDE OF SEATBACK MAY NOT DEPLOY AS INTENDED. THIS COULD CAUSE ADDITIONAL INJURY TO FRONT SEAT OCCUPANTS DURING A SIDE IMPACT COLLISION. THE FRONT SEAT AIRBAG WIRE HARNESS FOR BOTH FRONT SEATS MUST BE INSPECTED AND REPLACED IF NECESSARY. RECALL STATUS: RECALL INCOMPLETE

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2011 DODGE CHALLENGER. WHILE DRIVING 40 MPH AND ATTEMPTING TO ROLL DOWN THE WINDOW, IT ROLLED DOWN SLOWER THAN NORMAL. SEVERAL MOMENTS LATER, THE LIGHTING ON THE INSTRUMENT PANEL DIMMED AND THE VEHICLE STALLED. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE DEALER. THE TECHNICIAN STATED THAT THE ALTERNATOR FAILED. THE CONTACT WAS MADE AWARE THAT THE VEHICLE WAS NOT COVERED UNDER NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 14V634000 (ELECTRICAL SYSTEM) SINCE THE VEHICLE WAS EQUIPPED WITH A 5.7L ENGINE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 21,400.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2011 DODGE CHALLENGER. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 5-10 MPH, THE CONTACT NOTICED A BURNING ODOR AND THE ABS AND OIL WARNING LIGHTS ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE STALLED AND WAS NOT ABLE TO RESTART. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE DEALER, BUT WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 21,400.